A Massachusetts jury began deliberating on Tuesday in a murder case riddled with conspiracy theories that has divided a Boston suburb.
allegedly had nine drinks in three hours during a January 2022 blizzard bar crawl before prosecutors say she rammed her cop boyfriend with her SUV and left him to die while “seething in rage.”
But the emotional outburst was starkly different from Read’s views on her boyfriend as she dropped him off at a party after the bar crawl. Read, 44, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, manslaughter while driving under the influence, and leaving the scene of a crime, and faces a life sentence if convicted. Prosecutors say she drunkenly hit and killed O’Keefe, leaving him to die in a snowbank, before returning to the scene six hours later with two other women.
In his closing argument, Jackson argued Read was being “framed” for O’Keefe’s death and is the victim of an elaborate police cover-up.
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